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Eben. in old records is an abbreviation of the first name Ebenezer.
Eben. is a clerk's shortening of Ebenezer, cut down to save time in long lists such as tax rolls, deeds and census pages. Name charts made for genealogists list it among the common first-name abbreviations.
Without a period, Eben may be a short name the man actually used rather than a clerk's abbreviation. Look for Ebenezer written in full in a baptism, deed or will to be sure.
As seen in a recordName column of the 1850 census
Eben. Whitcomb, 62, Farmer, Vt.
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